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BYkids Panel at Sxsw Edu Announced
October 10, 2018
How can students and educators navigate America’s broken juvenile justice system? Avoid it. Michael Martin (now 19) was incarcerated on Rikers Island ...
Poet Against Prejudice Used Extensively in New Jersey
October 5, 2018
Thrilled to be part of Bergen County’s anti-bullying programs, in conversations with over 3,000 students after screenings of POET AGAINST PREJUDICE ab...
BYkids Annual Benefit Screening and Conversation
October 1, 2018
Tonight we celebrate Raise the Age with the world premiere of I COULD TELL YOU 'BOUT MY LIFE -- Mike Martin's story about returning to life in H...
BYkids attends the World Innovation Summit for Education
September 24, 2018
BYkids is a proud delegate at the Qatar Foundation’s World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in New York. Lots of new partners from the conferenc...
BYkids 2018 Benefit Celebrates "Raise the Age"
September 6, 2018
Join us October 1 in HarlemHonoring: Christine Pahigian (Friends of Island Academy Executive Director) and Bryanne Hamill
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Malala Fund Shares our Nicaraguan Filmmaker's Story
August 17, 2018
Thank you to the Malala Fund for sharing Edelsin Linette Mendez’ story of climate change and its impact on the production and income of her family cof...
Vote for BYkids' Panel for SXSW
August 8, 2018
Help BYkids get to SXSW by voting for our panel Escaping Rikers Island: A Cinematic Journey http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/83004. Voting closes Frid...
Vote for BYkids' Panel for SXSW EDU
August 6, 2018
Help BYkids present at SXSW EDU by voting for our panel Rikers: An Education Through Film at https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/85358. Voting closes Fr...
Out of Aleppo Streams on CBSN
July 25, 2018
In partnership with CBSN, BYkids is proud to present our newest film, OUT OF ALEPPO. After a perilous journey from Syria to Berlin, Mohammad Shasho (a...
Bill Moyers Screening of AN AMERICAN JAIL
June 27, 2018
Preparing to launch Michael Martin’s debut film—which explores his experience on Rikers Island—several members of the BYkids team attend a screening o...